Google admits its self driving car got it wrong: Bus crash was caused by software

Google has revealed that its self driving car hit a bus because it made an incorrect assumption about where it would go. The firm admitted the crash would not be its last - while humans were allowed on the roads. 'Our car was making an assumption about what the other car was going to do,' said Chris Urmson, head of Google's self-driving project, speaking at the SXSW festival in Austin. Google has revealed that its self driving car hit a bus because it made an incorrect assumption about where it would go. Neither the Google employee in the driver's seat -- who must be there under California law to take the wheel in an emergency -- nor the 16 people on the bus were injured. The transit agency has concluded based on the footage that the bus driver was not responsible, spokeswoman Stacey Hendler Ross said.